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Please tell my sister this is a horrible idea

213 replies

Siilka · 17/09/2022 12:43

So, my sister told us last night her names ideas, and she was asking which we prefer. They decided that her husband and her would mix their names to create a new name.

So if it is a girl

Jamifer or Jeniams

A boy :

Jems
Jamer

We all told us it was horrible. But she insist on saying "stranger will find that cute". What do you think

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YesitsBess · 17/09/2022 12:59

Jamifer has absolutely ended me.

I’m picturing a tiny Lucifer brandishing a pot of strawberry conserve in a menacing fashion.

😂😂😂😂😂

SudocremOnEverything · 17/09/2022 13:25

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/09/2022 12:58

Also, what if they have a second child of the same sex? Way to give them a huge complex when Mum is Jennifer, Dad is James, Sister is Jamifer and they're Linda.

They’ll be getting Jeniams.

have they considered the merits of Jamesifer, not just Jamifer?

Jannifer (with an ay sound), Jennifames?

Or Jennijam? jamejenn?

They could mix it up a bit with Ferames. Niferames? Nifames?

Or Jamfer and Jafer (again, with the ay sound)?

Nifjam? niffermes? Niffames?

Jems is surely a girl’s name. It would have to be Jemes.

So many awful possibilities.

awwbiscuits · 17/09/2022 13:25

She's got to be winding you up haha.

SueDCreme · 17/09/2022 13:22

we just said congratulations

And quickly said 'what the f*ck' under your breath?

YesitsBess · 17/09/2022 13:21

Sitting on a hiiiiiiillllll

autyspauty · 17/09/2022 13:21

Was she very into twilight? This sounds like something Bella would have done.

SueDCreme · 17/09/2022 13:20

Jamifer Jidipur.... I'm singing that song now

YesitsBess · 17/09/2022 13:18

MissMogwai · 17/09/2022 13:15

Jamifer instantly made me think of this 🤣

Hahahahaaaaaa!

This thread has made my day. How have I gone through life without ever hearing something as spectacularly bonkers as Jamifer?!?

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/09/2022 13:18

this is a Balonz isn’t it

Were Balonz's parents called Ballantina and Onzlow?

LidlCinnamonBun · 17/09/2022 13:17

Jamifer is something I would have chosen when I was really pregnant and had cravings for jam donuts and ate a pack a day

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/09/2022 13:15

What people in some cultures do, when they want to show the family connection and signify who the child's parents are, is to give their child a surname that's the same as theirs - or double-barrelled, if the parents have different surnames.

Might that be an option here?

Lilacsunflowers · 17/09/2022 13:15

Just stay out of it!

MissMogwai · 17/09/2022 13:15

Jamifer instantly made me think of this 🤣

Please tell my sister this is a horrible idea
midlifecrash · 17/09/2022 13:13

Jeniams is even worse.

this is a Balonz isn’t it

Nadal · 17/09/2022 13:12

This isn't real surely.

Ask her how she would feel having a mix of her parents names. Hopefully she will get the point.

Georgeskitchen · 17/09/2022 13:12

I believe many kids who have been given silly names (looking at you , celebs) often change them.to something more sensible in later life 😀

dottiedodah · 17/09/2022 13:11

Jamifer Short name Jammy! Just No a thousand times over!

YetAnotherSpartacus · 17/09/2022 13:11

Surely she's joking (or somebody is).

IggityZiggity · 17/09/2022 13:10

She is definitely winding you up 🤣

mrsDracoMalfoy · 17/09/2022 13:09

Jamifer is brilliant, horrible but brilliant 😂

Dannifaye · 17/09/2022 13:09

Those names are awful.
If she’s adamant she wants to honour their names :

Janey
Jay
Janis
Jens (pronounced Yens)

ColadhSamh · 17/09/2022 13:08

She must be on the wind up. Cannot possibly be serious. Poor child.

DinaofCloud9 · 17/09/2022 13:06

Haha ridiculous. I don't believe she is serious.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/09/2022 13:06

They could go all Game of Thrones - taking a normal name but just changing one vowel sound, to make it sound stoopid different - and call the child Jannifer.